Welcome to the September issue of the PFLA online newsletter!
You'll find information about National Forest Week, highlights from the PFLA field tour in June, along with links to resources and information about the 2015 hunting season.
It's National Forest Week, September 20-26, 2015---- a chance to celebrate, acknowledge and raise awareness about the significant role forests play in the lives of all Canadians. With the goal of increasing public awareness about Canada's forests, National Forest Week has its early roots in Forest Fire Prevention Week of the 1920's. Renamed in 1967, National Forest Week ...[read more] »
Whether you're a novice forest owner with a small woodlot and little harvesting experience, or a seasoned forester with years of logging practice to guide your decision making, it's worthwhile spending some time to consider how to get the most value out of your timber. Thanks to an informative presentation by Howie Griessel at PFLA's 2015 field tour, participants have a few tips to help them think about their own harvest planning. ...[read more] »
Reminder: September 10th through December 10th marks your annual three-month window of opportunity to influence the management of deer on your property. Managing deer populations is an on-going concern for private forest landowners. While deterrents like browse protectors, repellents and fencing can be effective, they're also time consuming and expensive to implement and maintain. ...[read more] »
Managed by owner Iola Elder and her twin sister Siriol Paquet, Sylvan Vale Nursery Ltd. is a multi-generational family affair. Their parents, Selwyn and Phyllis Jones, originally purchased the property in 1976 with a plan to farm sheep, but in 1980, when private nurseries came into being, they began to transition the property into a nursery. In the early days, the original greenhouse was the garage attached to the house. Next, the ...[read more] »
Zucchini Racing at Cowichan Exhibition!
Let's be honest: Nothing says fun quite like transforming oddly shaped green vegetables into sleek racing machines and watching them propel down a plywood ramp into a pile of sawdust while crowds of enthusiastic onlookers wave their arms and cheer.
That's why PFLA was proud to co-sponsor the 5th annual zucchini racing competition at the 147th Cowichan Exhibition, September 12th, 2015. Thanks to everyone who participated and inspired us, yet again, with the creative and ingenious ways to transform average vegetables into hours of fun.
Thanks for taking the time to read through the newsletter.
Sincerely,
Rod Bealing, Executive Director Lisa Weeks, Communications Manager
